Wards Bay

Occurrence in Manchester, Jamaica with commodities Iron, Titanium, Metal
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10063571
MRDS ID TC37424
Record type Site
Current site name Wards Bay

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -77.56697, 17.8707 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Manchester(province)

Jamaica(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Jamaica Manchester

Comments on the location information

  • NEAR ALLIGATOR POND

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary
Titanium, Metal Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Ilmenite Ore
Magnetite Ore

Analytical data

Result 55.4% FE, 4.80% SIO2, 0.046% P, 0.45% MN, O.82% AL2O3, 0.82% MGO, 14.0% TIO2, 0.009% S.

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 121
USGS model code 39c
Deposit model name Shoreline placer Ti

Nearby scientific data

(1) -77.56697, 17.8707

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 0.61M
    Length 396.24M
    Width 9.75M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ZANS, V.A., 1951, ECONOMIC GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF JAMAICA: GEOLOGICAL SURVEY DEPARTMENT, JAMAICA, B.W.I., BULLETIN NO. 1, 61 P.

  • Deposit

    HUGHES, I.G., 1973, THE MINERAL RESOURCES OF JAMAICA: GEOLOGICAL SURVEY DEPARTMENT OF JAMAICA BULLETIN NO. 8, 87 P.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1993 Page, Norman J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.